topical  outlines 


OF  THE 

History  and  the  Constitution 

OF  THE 

United  States. 


FOR  THE 

Use  of  Schools  and  the  Private  Learner. 


BY 

J.  K.  HARLEY,  M.  E. 


PHILADELPHIA  : 
CHRISTOPHER  SOWER  CO., 
530  MARKET  STREET, 

1888. 


Copyrighted  by 
Sower.  Potts  &  Co. 


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CONTENTS. 

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A  - 

PERIOD  I. 

ABORIGINAL  AMERICA  .  7 

PERIOD  II. 

VOYAGE  AND  DISCOVERY  ....  7 


PERIOD  III. 

COLONIAL  HISTORY 

PERIOD  IV. 

REVOLUTION  AND  CONFEDERATION 


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PREFACE. 


HIS  little  work  will  serve  to  indicate  a  complete 


A  course  of  instruction  in  the  History  and  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States  for  topical  reci¬ 
tation,  such  as  may  be  pursued  in  schools  and  by  the 
private  learner.  It  is  believed  that  these  subjects 
can  be  taught  correctly  only  by  means  of  outlines, 
pupils  giving  intelligent  discussions  of  each  topic  in 
their  own  correct  language.  They  have  been  used 
with  great  satisfaction  in  actual  work  in  the  class¬ 
room,  for  which  purpose  they  were  originally  pre¬ 
pared  ;  and  to  avoid  frequent  rewriting  both  by  the 
teacher  and  the  pupils,  they  are  presented  in  this 


form. 


These  are  mere  Outlines ,  showing  the  topics  to  be 
discussed,  the  form  of  discussion,  and  the  logical 
divisions  of  the  subjects.  By  committing  them  to 
memory,  and  giving  detailed  discussions  of  each 


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PREFACE. 


topic,  pupils  will  obtain  a  connected  knowledge  of 
the  events  of  our  History  and  the  facts  of  our  Con¬ 
stitution. 

Following  the  topical  method  of  recitation,  and 
supplementing  or  omitting,  different  text-books  on 
the  subjects  may  be  used  to  excellent  advantage. 
The  questions  given  are  by  no  means  exhaustive; 
teachers  should  make  questions  to  suit  the  wants  of 
their  pupils.  The  work  is  thus  briefly  submitted 
to  an  indulgent  public. 

J.  K.  H. 

Boys’  High  School, 

Reading,  Pa.,  September  i,  1885. 


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PERIOD  I. 


ABORIGINAL  AMERICA.  \ 


I.  THE  RED  MEN  OR  INDIANS. 

1.  Their  origin. 

2.  Distribution.  / 

3.  Character. 


PERIOD  II. 

VOYAGE  AND  DISCOVERY. 

A.  D.  986-1607. 

I.  THE  ICELANDERS  AND  NORWEGIANS  IN 

AMERICA. 

1.  Herjulfson  (har'yoolf-son). 

2.  Lief  Erickson  (lef'er'ik-siin). 

3.  Thorwald  (tor'wald). 

4.  Thorstein  (tor'stin).  4 

5.  Thorfmn  Karlsefne  (tor'fin  karl'sef-ne). 

6.  Vinland  (vin'land). 

II.  SPANISH  DISCOVERERS  IN  AMERICA. 

1.  Columbus. 

1 .  His  country. 


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VOYAGE  AND  DISCOVERY. 


2 .  Opinions. 

3 •  Efforts  to  obtain  aid. 

4-  Voyages. 

Discoveries, 
d.  His  death. 

2.  Spaniards  in  America, 
z.  Amerigo  Vespucci  (a-ma-ree'go  ves-poot'* 
chee). 

2 .  Balboa  (bal-bo'a). 

j.  Ponce  De  Leon  (pon'tha-da-la-on). 

4 •  Cordova  (kor'do-va). 

5.  Cortez  (kor'tez). 
d.  Magellan  (ma-gel'an). 

7.  De  Ayllon  (da-Il-yon'). 

8.  De  Narvaez  (da-nar-va'eth). 
p.  De  So'to. 

10 .  Melendez  (ma-len'deth). 
zz.  The  Cortereals  (kor-ta-ra-al'). 

Z2.  Pizarro  (pe-zar'o). 

III.  FRENCH  DISCOVERERS  IN  AMERICA. 

1.  Earlier  Explorations. 

z.  John  Verrazani  (ver-rat-tsah'ne). 

2.  James  Cartier  (kar-tia'). 

3.  Roberval  (ro'ber-val'). 

2.  Huguenots. 

z.  John  Ribault  (re'bo'). 

2.  Laudonniere  (lo-do'ne-er'). 

3.  Later  Explorations. 

z.  De  Gourgues  (deh-goorg). 

2.  La  Roche  (la-rosh'). 


VOYAGE  AND  DISCOVERY. 


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j.  De  Monts  (deh-mong'). 

4.  Samuel  Champlain. 

{V.  ENGLISH  DISCOVERERS  IN  AMERICA, 

1.  The  Cabots  (kab'ot). 

2.  Frobisher. 

3.  Drake. 

4.  Gilbert. 

5.  Raleigh. 

6.  Amidas  and  Barlow. 

7.  Grenville. 

8.  White. 

9.  Gosnold. 

10.  Pring. 

11.  Way  mouth. 

V.  THE  LONDON  COMPANY. 

VI.  THE  PLYMOUTH  COMPANY. 

English  settlements  were  without  success  up  to  the 
year  1607. 

VII.  THE  DUTCH  IN  AMERICA. 

1.  Henry  Hudson. 

2.  Block,  May,  and  Christianson. 


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COLONIAL  HISTORY. 


PERIOD  III. 


COLONIAL  HISTORY. 

A.  D.  1607-1776. 


I.  VIRGINIA  (1607). 

1.  First  Charter  (1607). 

1.  Settlement  at  Jamestown, 

2 .  Captain  John  Smith, 
j.  Inferior  Council. 

4.  Newport. 

5.  Pocahontas. 

2.  Second  Charter  (1609). 
z.  New  Council. 

2.  Lord  Delaware. 
j.  Dale. 

4.  Starving  time. 

3.  Third  Charter  (1612). 

1.  Argali. 

2 .  John  Rolfe. 

j.  House  of  Burgesses  (1619). 

First  Constitution. 
j\  Slavery  Introduced  (1619). 

6.  Women.  Criminals. 

7.  Indian  War  (1622). 

4.  Virginia  a  Royal  Province  (1624). 
j.  John  Harvey. 

2.  Trouble  in  England, 
j.  Sir  William  Berkley. 


COLONIAL  HISTORY. 


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4> .  Indian  War  (1644). 

5.  Bacon’s  Rebellion. 

6.  Navigation  Act. 

II.  NEW  YORK  (1613). 

1.  Discovery  by  Henry  Hudson. 

2.  Dutch  East  (West)  India  Company. 

3.  Settlements. 

4.  Dutch  Governors : 

1.  Peter  Minuit. 

2.  Van  Twiller. 

3.  Kieft  (keeft). 

4.  Stuyvesant  (stlve-sant). 

5.  New  York  under  the  English. 

6.  Conquest  of  New  York. 

7.  English  Governors : 

1.  Richard  Nichols. 

2.  Lovelace. 

3.  Andros, 

4.  Thomas  Dongan. 

8.  Jacob  Leisler. 

9.  Sloughter. 

10.  Captain  Kidd. 

HI.  MASSACHUSETTS  (1620). 

1.  Council  of  Plymouth. 

2.  Plymouth  Colony. 

1.  The  Puritans. 

2 .  They  emigrate  to  America. 

3.  Difficulties. 

4.  Relations  with  the  Indians, 


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COLONIAL  HISTORY. 


3.  Bay  Colony. 

1.  Founding  of  Salem. 

2 .  Settlement  of  Boston  and  Charleston. 
cy.  Rules  of  the  Colony. 

4%  Religious  dissensions, 
j.  Ballot-box. 

6.  Harvard  College. 

7.  Printing  Press.' 

4.  Massachusetts  from  the  Union. 

1 .  Body  of  Liberties. 

2.  Quakers. 

j.  King  Philip's  War  (1675). 

IV.  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  (1623). 

1.  Settlement. 

2.  United  to  Massachusetts. 

3.  Separated  from  Massachusetts. 

4.  Cranfield. 

V.  NEW  JERSEY  (1624). 

1.  Grant  of  New  Jersey. 

2.  Settlement. 

3.  Carteret. 

4.  Divided  into  East  and  West  Jersey. 

VI.  CONNECTICUT  (1633). 

1.  Settlement. 

2.  Saybrook. 

3.  Pequod  War  (1637). 

4.  New  Haven. 

5.  Charter. 


COLONIAL  HISTORY. 


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6.  Winthrop. 

7.  Andros  in  Connecticut. 

8.  Charter-Oak. 

9.  Yale  College. 

VII.  MARYLAND  (1634). 

1.  Lord  Baltimore  and  his  Grant. 

2.  Charter. 

3.  Religious  liberty. 

4.  William  Clayborn. 

5.  Clayborn’s  Rebellion. 

6.  Disturbances  between  the  Protestants  and 

Catholics. 

7.  Cecil  Calvert. 

8.  Maryland  a  Royal  Province. 

VIII.  RHODE  ISLAND  (1636). 

1.  Roger  Williams. 

2.  Puritan  intolerance. 

3.  Providence  Plantation,  its  Settlement  and  Gov¬ 

ernment. 

4.  Rhode  Island  Plantation. 

5.  Plantations  United. 

1 .  Charter. 

2 .  Andros  in  Rhode  Island. 

IX.  DELAWARE  (1638). 

1.  Settlement. 

2.  Under  the  Dutch. 

3.  Under  the  English. 

4.  Grant  to  Penn. 

5.  Separated  from  Pennsylvania. 

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X.  PENNSYLVANIA  (1643). 

1.  Settlement  by  Swedes. 

2.  William  Penn  and  his  Grant. 

3.  Penn  comes  to  America. 

4.  Government  on  Republican  principles. 

5.  Complete  religious  toleration. 

6.  Treaty  with  the  Indians. 

1 .  Peaceable  purchase  of  land. 

2 .  Peaceable  settlement  of  disputes. 

7.  Founding  of  Philadelphia. 

8.  Penn  returns  to  England. 

9.  German  immigration. 

1.  Settlement  of  Germantown. 

10.  Penn  again  visits  America  and  his  return. 

11.  Influence  of  Quaker  or  non-resistant  prin¬ 

ciples. 

z.  Immigrants  that  opposed  peace  principles. 

2 .  Consequent  Indian  troubles  and  wars. 

3.  Contests  between  peace  and  war  parties  for 

supremacy. 

4.  Sympathy  of  peace-loving  Germans  with 

Quakers. 

5.  Dunkers,  Mennonites,  Schwenkfelders,  Mo¬ 

ravians  and  other  Germans. 

12.  Introduction  of  printing,  English  and  Ger¬ 

man. 

z.  Bradford,  Janson,  Sower,  Keimer,  Franklin. 
2 .  Paper-making,  Type-founding,  etc. 
j.  Printing  of  the  Bible  in  German  and  numer¬ 
ous  other  books. 

13.  Iron  manufacture  introduced. 


COLONIAL  HISTORY. 


IS 


14.  Schools  established. 

ig.  Boundaries  between  Pennsylvania  and  Mary¬ 
land. 

16.  Pennsylvania  and  Delaware  separated. 

XL  NORTH  CAROLINA  (1660). 

1.  Grant  of  North  Carolina. 

2.  Albemarle  Colony. 

3.  Clarendon  Colony. 

4.  Grand  Model. 

5.  John  Culpepper. 

XII.  SOUTH  CAROLINA  (1670). 

1.  Settlement. 

2.  Founding  of  Charleston. 

3.  Indian  War. 

4.  North  and  South  Carolina  separated. 

5.  James  Carle  ton. 

XIII.  GEORGIA  (1733). 

1.  Settlement. 

2.  James  Oglethorpe. 

3.  Trouble  with  the  Spaniards  in  Florida. 

COLONIAL  WARS. 

I.  KING  WILLIAM’S  WAR  (1689-1697). 

1.  Causes*  (William  of  Orange). 


*  Pupils  should  study  the  parts  of  English,  French,  and 
Spanish  history  that  relate  directly  to  the  causes  of  the  Colo¬ 
nial  Wars  to  get  a  clear  idea  for  the  reason  of  them. 


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COLONIAL  WARS. 


2.  Towns  plundered. 

3.  Sir  William  Phipps. 

4.  Treaty  of  Peace. 

5.  Salem  Witchcraft. 

II.  QUEEN  ANNE’S  WAR  (1702-1713). 

1.  Causes  (Spanish  Succession). 

2.  New  England  Towns  plundered. 

3.  Port  Royal  captured. 

4.  Admiral  Walker. 

5.  Treaty  of  Peace. 

III.  KING  GEORGE’S  WAR  (1744-1748). 

1.  Causes  (Austrian  Succession). 

2.  Capture  of  Louisburg. 

3.  Treaty  of  Peace. 

IV.  FRENCH  AND  INDIAN  WAR  (1754-1763). 

1.  Causes  (Seven  Years’  War)  : 

1 •  Roth  the  French  and  the  English  claiming 
and  endeavoring  to  settle  the  Ohio  valley. 
2 •  The  jealousy  existing  between  England  and 
France. 

2.  Difficulties  with  the  Ohio  Company. 

3.  Washington  in  public  service. 

4.  Albany  plan  of  Union. 

EVENTS  OF  1755. 

1.  Expedition  against  Nova  Scotia. 

2.  Braddock’s  defeat. 

3.  Shirley’s  Expedition  against  Niagara. 

4.  Johnson’s  Expedition  against  Crown  Point. 


COLONIAL  WARS. 


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EVENTS  OF  1756. 

1.  Lord  Loudon  in  command. 

2.  Oswego  captured. 

3.  Colonel  Armstrong. 

EVENTS  OF  1757. 

1.  Louisburg. 

2.  Fort  William  Henry  captured. 

3.  William  Pitt  at  the  head  of  the  Administration. 

EVENTS  OF  1758. 

1.  Amherst's  Expedition  against  Louisburg. 

2.  Fort  du  Quesne. 

3.  Great  Indian  Treaty. 

4.  Abercrombie's  Expedition  against  Ticonder- 

oga. 

EVENTS  OF  1759. 

1.  Capture  of  Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point. 

2.  Niagara  in  the  hands  of  the  English. 

3.  Quebec  captured  by  Wolfe. 

CLOSING  EVENTS. 

1.  Montreal  surrenders. 

2.  Spain  makes  a  Treaty  with  England. 

3.  Treaty  of  Peace  at  Paris. 

4.  Cherokee  War. 

5.  Pontiac  War, 


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REVOLUTIONARY  WAR. 


PERIOD  IV. 

REVOLUTION  AND  CONFED¬ 
ERATION. 

A.  D.  1776-1789. 

revolutionary  war. 

I.  CAUSES  : 

1.  England’s  claim  to  the  right  of  arbitrary 

government. 

2.  The  passage  of  Acts  by  the  Parliament  of 

England  tending  to  destroy  the  liberty  of  the 
colonists. 

3.  The  French  influence  upon  the  colonists. 

4.  The  republican  form  of  government  of  the 

colonists. 

5-  The  government  and  feeling  of  the  colonists 
tended  toward  independence. 

6.  The  obstinate  character  of  King  George  III. 

II.  PRELIMINARY  EVENTS. 

1.  The  Stamp  Act. 

2.  Its  opposition  and  repeal. 

3.  Colonial  Congress  (October  7,  1765). 

4.  Sons  of  Liberty. 

5.  Duties  on  tea,  glass,  etc. 

6.  British  troops  in  America. 

7.  Boston  massacre. 

8.  Duties  repealed  except  on  tea. 


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9.  Tea  reshipped  at  Philadelphia  and  destroyed 

at  Boston. 

10.  Retaliatory  measures : 

1 .  Boston  Port  Bill. 

2 .  Massachusetts  charter  annulled. 
j.  Persons  charged  with  treason. 

11.  First  Continental  Congress  (September  4, 

1774)- 

12.  General  Gage  in  Massachusetts. 

13.  Non-intercourse. 

14.  Petitions  to  the  King. 

15.  Assembly  in  Massachusetts. 

16.  The  King  and  Parliament  refuse  to  make 

concession. 

EVENTS  OF  1775. 

1.  Battles  of  Lexington  and  Concord. 

2.  American  forces  at  Boston. 

3.  Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point. 

4.  Reinforcements  from  England. 

5.  Second  Continental  Congress  (May  10).  • 

6.  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill  (June  17). 

7.  Washington  made  commander-in-chief. 

8.  Invasion  of  Canada. 

EVENTS  OF  1776. 

1.  Evacuation  of  Boston. 

2.  The  Hessians. 

3.  Lee  baffles  Clinton  in  landing  at  New  York. 


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REVOLUTIONARY  WAR. 


4.  Clinton  in  the  South. 

1.  Attack  upon  Charleston. 

2.  British  repulsed. 

5.  Declaration  of  Independence. 

6.  British  and  American  forces. 

7.  The  British  land  on  Staten  Island. 

8.  Conciliatory  measures. 

9.  Battle  of  Long  Island  (August  27). 

10.  Harlem  Heights  and  White  Plains. 

11.  Forts  Washington  and  Lee  captured. 

12.  Washington’s  flight  across  New  Jersey. 

13.  Condition  of  the  army. 

14.  General  Lee  captured. 

15.  Battle  of  Trenton  (December  26). 

EVENTS  OF  1777. 

1.  Battle  of  Princeton  (January  3). 

2.  Attack  on  Danbury. 

3.  La  Fayette  and  other  foreigners. 

4.  Capture  of  Major-General  Prescott. 

5.  Burgoyne’s  expedition. 

6.  Battle  of  Bennington. 

7.  Battle  of  Bemis  Heights  and  Saratoga. 

8.  Surrender  of  Burgoyne  (October  17). 

9.  Battle  of  Brandywine. 

10.  Massacre  at  Paoli. 

11.  Battle  of  Germantown  (October  4). 

12.  Camps  at  Whitemarsh  and  Valley  Forge. 

13.  Naval  expeditions. 

14.  Attack  on  forts  below  Philadelphia. 


REVOLUTIONARY  WAR. 


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EVENTS  OF  1778. 

1.  Alliance  with  France. 

2.  British  evacuate  Philadelphia  (June  18). 

3.  Battle  of  Monmouth  (June  28). 

4.  Indian  depredations : 

1.  Wyoming  Valley. 

2.  Cherry  Valley. 

5.  Arrival  of  a  French  fleet  and  army. 

6.  British  expedition  to  Rhode  Island. 

7.  Capture  of  Savannah. 

EVENTS  OF  1779. 

1.  Putnam’s  ride. 

2.  Battle  of  Stony  Point. 

3.  Movements  in  the  South. 

4.  Battle  of  Brier  Creek. 

5.  Siege  of  Savannah. 

6.  Naval  exploits  of  Paul  Jones. 

7.  Discouraging  circumstances. 

EVENTS  OF  1780. 

1.  Arrival  of  a  French  squadron. 

2.  Surrender  of  Charleston. 

3.  Exploits  of  Tarleton. 

4.  Exploits  of  Sumter  and  Marion, 

5.  Battle  of  Camden. 

6.  Battle  of  Fishing  Creek. 

7.  Battle  of  King’s  Mountain, 

8.  Financial  condition. 

9c  Arnold’s  treason. 


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REVOLUTIONARY  WAR. 


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EVENTS  OF  1781. 

1.  Mutiny  of  Pennsylvania  troops. 

2.  Arnold  in  Virginia  and  Connecticut. 

3.  Greene  in  South  Carolina. 

4.  Battle  of  Cowpens  (January  17). 

5.  Greene’s  retreat. 

6.  Battle  of  Guilford  Court-House  (March  15). 

7.  Battle  of  Hobkirk’s  Hill  (April  23). 

8.  Siege  of  Ninety-Six. 

9.  Battle  of  Eutaw  Springs. 

10.  Cornwallis  invades  Virginia. 

11.  Yorktown. 

12.  Surrender  of  Cornwallis. 

CLOSING  EVENTS  OF  THE  WAR. 

1.  Sir  Guy  Carleton. 

2.  Treaty  of  Peace. 

3.  Army  disbands. 

4.  Washington  resigns  his  commission. 

5.  Shay’s  insurrection. 

6.  Articles  of  Confederation. 

7.  Constitution  of  United  States. 

8.  Effects  of  the  Revolution. 

9.  Washington  elected  President. 

10.  New  Government  begins. 


PERIOD  V. 


NATIONAL  PERIOD. 

A.  D.  1789-Present  Time. 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 

I.  WASHINGTON’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1789 

1797)* 

1.  George  Washington. 

2.  His  inauguration.  Cabinet. 

3.  First  Congress. 

4.  Public  credit. 

5.  Bank  and  Mint  established. 

6.  Seat  of  government. 

7.  Indian  War. 

8.  States  admitted  into  the  Union. 

9.  Party  lines  drawn. 

10.  French  revolution. 

11.  Whisky  insurrection. 

12.  Slavery  question. 

13.  Difficulties  with  Great  Britain. 

14.  Jay’s  treaty. 

13.  Treaty  with  Spain. 

1 6.  Adams  and  Jefferson  elected. 

II.  ADAMS’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1797-1801). 

1.  John  Adams. 

2.  Difficulties  with  France. 


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THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


3.  Death  of  Washington. 

4.  Alien  and  Sedition  Laws. 

5.  Election  of  Jefferson  and  Burr. 

III.  JEFFERSON’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1801- 
1809). 

1.  Thomas  Jefferson. 

2.  Ohio  admitted. 

3.  Louisiana  purchased. 

4.  The  Tripolitan  War. 

5.  Captains  Lewis  and  Clarke. 

6.  Aaron  Burr. 

7.  Steam  Navigation. 

8.  British  Order  in  Council ,  Berlin  and  Milan 

decrees. 

9.  British  aggressions. 

10.  Leopard  and  Chesapeake. 

11.  British  armed  vessels  ordered  to  leave  the 

waters  of  the  United  States. 

12.  The  Embargo  Act. 

13.  Non-intercourse  proclaimed. 

14.  Madison  and  Clinton  elected. 

IV.  MADISON’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1809-1817.) 

1.  James  Madison. 

2.  Indian  troubles. 

3.  Louisiana  admitted. 

4.  Unfriendly  relation  with  England  and  France. 

5.  John  Henry's  conspiracy. 

6.  The  President  and  Little  Belt. 

7.  Declaration  of  war.  Causes. 

8.  Hull's  surrender. 


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9.  Battle  of  Queenstown  (Oct.  13). 

10.  Disaster  of  the  northern  frontier. 

11.  Naval  combats. 

12.  Madison  re-elected,  and  Elbridge  Gerry- 

elected  Vice-President. 

EVENTS  OF  1813. 

1.  Armies  organized. 

2.  Massacre  at  Frenchtown. 

3.  Fort  Meigs  besieged. 

4.  Perry’s  victory  on  Lake  Erie. 

5.  The  Creeks  subdued. 

6.  Battle  of  the  Moravian  Towns. 

7.  Capture  of  York  (Toronto). 

8.  Capture  of  Fort  George. 

9.  Battle  of  Sackett’s  Harbor. 

10.  Battle  of  Stony  Point. 

11.  Expedition  against  Montreal. 

12.  Naval  operations. 

EVENTS  OF  1814. 

1.  Battle  of  Chippewa  and  Niagara  (Lundy's 

Lane). 

2.  Prevost  invades  New  York. 

3.  Commodore  MacDonough. 

4.  Battle  of  Plattsburg. 

5.  Hartford  Convention  (Dec.  14). 

6.  Washington  captured. 

7.  Attack  on  Baltimore. 

8..  Pensacola  captured. 

9.  Battle  of  New  Orleans  (Jan.  8,  1815). 

10.  Naval  operations. 


26 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


11.  Treaty  of  Peace. 

12.  Algerian  war. 

13.  Financial  condition  of  the  country. 

14.  United  States  Bank  rechartered. 

15.  Indiana  admitted. 

16.  Election  of  Monroe  and  Tompkins. 

V.  MONROE’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1817-1825). 

1.  James  Monroe. 

2.  War  with  the  Seminoles. 

3.  States  admitted  : 

1 .  Mississippi,  1817. 

2 .  Illinois,  1818. 
j.  Alabama,  1819. 

Maine,  1820. 

5.  Missouri,  1821. 

4.  The  Missouri  Compromise. 

5.  The  Monroe  Doctrine. 

6.  Treaties  with  Sweden,  Spain,  and  Great  Brit¬ 

ain. 

7.  La  Fayette  visits  America. 

8.  Pirates. 

9.  Trouble  with  the  Seminoles. 

10.  Adams  and  Calhoun  elected. 

VI.  ADAMS’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1825-1829). 

1.  John  Quincy  Adams. 

2.  Death  of  Jefferson  and  Adams. 

3.  Internal  improvements. 

4.  The  American  system — Tariff  question. 

5.  Trouble  with  the  Creeks  in  Georgia. 

6.  Jackson  and  Calhoun  elected. 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


27 

VIL  JACKSON’S  ADMINISTRATIONS  ^1829-1837). 

1.  Andrew  Jackson.  ]/"  y  <  j  » 

2.  Removals  from  office. 

Political  parties. 

The  United  States  Bank. 

The  tariff  question  in  South  Carolina.^ 

1 .  Cherokees.A 

2.  Black  HawTTZ^ 

3.  Seminole.  ^  (UViMV U  ' 

7.  Surplus  funds  of  the  United  States  Bank  dis* 
tributed  among  the  States  by  the  President, 

8.  Death  of  eminent  men. 

9.  Claims  against  France  and  Portugal  paid. 

10.  Arkansas  and  Michigan  admitted. 

11.  Great  fire  in  New  York. 

12.  Van  Buren  and  Johnson  elected. 


VIII.  VAN  BUREN’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1837- 
1841). 

1.  Martin  Van  Buren. 

2.  Seminole  War. 

3.  Monetary  panic. 

4.  The  specie  circular. 

5.  Independent  Treasury  Bill. 

6.  Rebellion  in  Canada. 

7.  Harrison  and  Tyler  elected. 


IX.  HARRISON’S  AND  TYLER’S  ADMINISTRA* 
TIONS  (1841-1845). 

1.  William  Henry  Harrison  ; (/John  Tyler.  ( 

2.  Harrison’s  death  ;  Tyler  becomes  President. 


28 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS 


3.  Special  session  of  Congress. 

4.  The  Webster- Ashburton  Treaty.. 

5.  Tyler  quarrels  with  his  party, 

6.  Difficulties  in  Rhode  Island.  1 

7.  Anti-rent  difficulties.  (JjVA 


\\ 

/( 


8.  The  Mormons. 

9.  Texas  admitted ;  troubles, 

10.  The  magnetic  telegraph. 

11.  Florida  and  Iowa  admitted. 

12.  Election  of  Polk  and  Dallas, 


X.  POLK’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1845-1849;. 

1.  James  K.  Polk. 

2.  Waj-with  Mexico. 

3-LCauses:  (1)  The  annexation  of  Texas  to  the 
United  States,  and  (2)  the  boundary  between 
Texas  and  Mexico. 

4.  General  Taylor  at  Corpus  Christi  and  on  the 

Rio  Grande. 

5.  Battle  of  Palo  Alto  (May  8). 

6.  Battle  of  Resaca  de  la  Palma  (May  9 

7.  Matamoras  and  Monterey  captured  (September 


>1  in  Mexico.  0  ft 


23)- 

8.  General  Wool 

9.  General  Kearney lO 

10.  John  C.  Fremont. 

11.  Doniphan's  exploits. 

12.  Naval  exploits. 

13.  California  captured.  J 

14.  General  Scott  invades  Mexico, 
I,  Vera  Cruz  captured, 


29 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 

2 .  Battle  of  Cerro  Gordo. 


j.  Puebla  taken. 

4.  March  to  the  capital  and  Mexico  taken.  ^ 

15.  Battle  of  Buena  Vista  (February  23,  1847). 

1 6.  Treaty  of  Peace. 

17.  The  Wilmot  Proviso.  L — 

18.  Gold  found  in  California.  ^ — 

19.  Death  of  Andrew  Jackson. 

20.  The  Oregon  boundary  settled. 

21.  The  Smithsonian  Institute. 

22.  Wisconsin  admitted. 

23.  Taylor  and  Fillmore  elected. 

XI.  TAYLOR’S  AND  FILLMORE’S  ADMINIS* 

TRATIONS  (1849-1853). 

1.  Zachary  Taylor  ;j[Mi'llard  Fillmore. 

2.  Question  of  admitting  California. oWTH 

3.  The  Omnibus  Bill. ^ 

4.  Death  of  Taylor.  J  ^  ^ 

5.  Annexation  of  Cuba. 

6.  Fisheries  of  Newfoundland, 

7.  Louis  Kossuth. 

8.  Arctic  expeditions. 

9.  Death  of  distinguished  men. 

10.  Election  of  Pierce  and  King. 

XII.  PIERCE’S  ADMINISTRATE  857). 


20  The  Gadsden  purchase'./^— 

3.  Treaty  with  Japan. 

4.  World's  Fair. 


1. 


.  Franklin  Pierce.  t-'T-lM  Wo 


30 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS, 


5.  The  Ostend  Manifesto. 

6.  The  Kansas-Nebra 

7.  Settling  Kansas. 

8.  Buchanan  and  Bre 


XIII.  BUCHANAN’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1857- 


1861). 


1.  James  Buchanan. 

2.  States  admitted. 

3.  The  Dred  Scott  Decision./- - - 

4.  Mormon  rebellion. 

5.  Atlantic  Cable.  ^ 

6.  John  Brown. 

7.  Personal  Liberty  Bills. 

8.  Election  of  Lincoln  and  Hamlin. 

9.  Secession.  L- 

10.  Confederate  States  of  America. 

11.  Condition  of  the  country. 


THE  GREAT  REBELLION. 


CAUSES: 


1.  The  different  meaning  put  upon  the  Constitu¬ 
tion  by  the  North  and  the  South. 

20  The  Institution  of  Slavery. 

3°  The  lack  of  communication  between  the  North 
and  the  South. 

4.  The  publication  of  sectional  literature. 

5.  Corrupt  and  inefficient  men  holding  public 


office. 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


31 


EVENTS  OF  1861. 


XIV.  LINCOLN’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1861-1865). 

1.  Abraham  Lincoln. — 

2.  The  Cabinet 


3.  Rebel  Government. 

4.  Call  for  75,000  troops. 

5.  Fort  Sumter. 


6.  Pennsylvania  and  Massachusetts  volunteers. 

7.  Action  of  the  slave  States. 

8.  Rebel  ports  blockaded. 

9.  Arlington  Heights  and  Alexandria. 

10.  Battle  of  Bull  Run  (July  21). 

11.  Movements  in  Missouri. 

12.  General  Price. 

13.  General  Polk. 

14.  Ball’s  Bluff  (October  21). 

15.  Naval  expeditions. 

16.  Mason  and  Slidell, 


EVENTS  OF  1862. 


1.  Army  movements. 

2.  Fort  Henry, 

3.  Fort  Donelson. 

4.  Pittsburg  Landing  (Shiloh)  (April  6)0 

5.  Island  No.  10. 

6.  Movements  in  Arkansas. 

7.  Roanoke  Island  and  Beaufort. 

8.  New  Orleans. 

9.  Invasion  of  Kentucky. 

10.  Battle  of  Corinth  (May  30). 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


11.  Battle  of  Perryville  (October  8). 

12.  Battle  of  Murfreesborough  (December  31- 
January  2). 

13.  Campaign  in  Virginia. 

1.  General  Banks. 

2.  General  Fremont. 

14.  McClellan’s  Peninsular  Campaign.^  ^ 

1.  Fair  Oaks  or  Seven  Pines. 

2.  Oak  Grove  (June  25). 
j.  Mechanicsville  (26). 

4.  Game’s  Mills  (27). 

5.  Savage  Station,  White  Oak  Swamp  (29). 

6.  Glendale  or  Frazier’s  Farm  (30). 

7.  Malvern  Hill  (July  1). 

8.  Retreat. 

15.  Pope’s  Campaign.  /, 

1.  Cedar  Mountain. 

2.  Bull  Run,  Centreville.  [/^ 

16.  Merrimac  and  Monitor. 

17.  Invasion  of  Maryland.  / 

1.  Frederick  and  South  Mountain. 

2 .  Antietam  Creek  (September  17).//' 

18.  Battle  of  Fredericksburg  (December  13).]^  ^ 

19.  Condition  of  affairs  at  the  end  of  1862. 


yi-R 

Fmancipan 


EVENTS  OF  1863.  _ 


roclamation. 


1.  Emancipation 

2.  Arkansas  Post. 

3.  Vicksburg  captured  (July  4). 

4.  Campaigjron  the  lower  Mississippi. 

5.  Chickamauga  (September  19,  20). 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


33 


6.  Chattanooga  (November  24). 

7.  Knoxville. 

8.  Lookout  Mountain  and  Missionary  Ridge  (No¬ 

vember  23-25). 

9.  Morgan’s  raid. 

ta  Pjimmio-n  in  Arkansas  anrl  Missouri 


1.  Sherman’s  move  from  Vicksburg. 

2.  Port  Pillow  (April  12). 

3.  Red  River  expedition. 

4.  Grant  appointed  Lieutenant-General.]/ 

5.  Sherman’s  march  to  Atlanta. 

6.  General  Hood. 

7.  Sherman’s  march  to  the  sea. 

8.  Farragut  at  Mobile. 

9.  Capture  of  Albemarle  Sound. 

10.  United  States  commerce  injured./^ 

11.  Destruction  of  the  Alabama./^-" 


12.  Campaign  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  L 

1.  Wilderness  (May  5  -7). 

2.  Spottsylvania  Court-House  (May  9-12)* 
j.  Cold  Harbor  (June  i). 

4.  Petersburg. 


3 


34 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


13.  Early’s  campaign. 

14.  Lincoln  re-elected,  and  Johnson  elected  Vice- 
President. 

EVENTS  OF  1865. 

1.  Capture  of  Fort  Fisher. 

2.  Surrender  of  Lee. 

3.  Capture  of  Davis. 

4-  Financial  condition. 

5.  Internal  Revenue. 

6.  Legal  Tender  Notes,  United  States  Bonds. 

7.  National  Banks. 

8.  Lincoln  assassinated  (April  14).  — 

9.  Capture  of  Booth  and  the  conspirators,  and 

their  trial. 


XV.  JOHNSON’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1865-1869) 

1.  His  life ;  Inauguration. 

2.  Constitution  amended. 

3.  Amnesty  Proclamation. 

4.  French  Empire  in  Mexico. 

5.  Territories  organized. 

6.  Reconstruction  begun. 

7.  Trouble  between  the  President  and  Congress, 

8.  Impeachment. 

9.  The  Atlantic  Cable. 

10.  Purchase  of  Alaska. 

11.  The  Civil  Rights  Bill. 

12.  Grant  and  Colfax  chosen. 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


35 


XVI.  GRANT’S  ADMINISTRATION  (1869-1877). 

1.  Ulysses  S.  Grant. 

2.  The  Pacific  Railroad. 

3.  Amendments. 

4.  The  Ninth  Census. 

5.  Annexing  Santo  Domingo. 

6.  The  Alabama  Claims.  L 


7.  Fire  in  Chicago. 

8.  Grant  re-elected. 

9.  Fire  in  Boston. 

10.  Modoc  Indians. 

11.  Difficulty  in  Louisiana. 

12.  Credit  Mobilier. 

13.  The  Panic. 

14.  Death  of  eminent  men. 

13.  The  Centennial.  ^ — 

16.  War  with  the  Sioux  Indians. 

17.  Colorado  admitted. 

18.  Hayes  and  Wheeler  elected. 

19.  The  Electoral  Commission. 

XVII.  HAYES’  ADMINISTRATION  (1877-1881). 

1.  His  life  ;  Inauguration. 

2.  The  great  Railroad  Strike. 

3.  Indian  War. 

4.  Remonetization  of  Silver. 

3.  Resumption  Act. 

6.  Yellow  Fever  Epidemic. 

7.  Sea  fisheries. 

8.  Chinese  Embassy. 

9.  Life-saving  service. 


36 


THE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


10.  Resumption  of  specie  payment. 

11.  Election  of  1880.  Census. 

12.  Grant's  tour. 

13.  Death  of  eminent  men. 

XVIII.  GARFIELD’S  AND  ARTHUR’S  ADMIN¬ 
ISTRATIONS  (1881-1885). 

1.  Their  lives. 

2.  Political  difficulties. 

3.  Assassination  of  Garfield.^—- — 

4.  Arthur  becomes  President. 

5.  Trial  and  execution  of  Guiteau. 

6.  Civil  Service  Bill. 

7.  Chinese  immigration. 

8.  Brooklyn  Bridge.  Washington  Monument. 

9.  Cleveland  and  Hendricks  elected. 

XIX.  CLEVELAND’S  ADMINISTRATION 
(1885 — ). 

1.  S.  Grover  Cleveland. 

2.  His  inauguration.  Cabinet. 

3.  Change  of  party  rule. 

4.  New  Orleans  Exposition. 

■  5.  Death  of  General  Grant. 

6.  Death  of  General  McClellan. 

7.  Death  of  Vice-President  Hendricks. 

8.  Conclusion : 

The  Past,  the  Present,  and  the  Future. 


QUESTIONS  IN  U.  S.  HISTORY. 


1.  Give  an  account  of  the  Red  Men  of  North 

America. 

2.  Give  an  account  of  the  Norsemen. 

3.  Discuss  Columbus. 

4.  Name  three  Spanish  discoverers  in  the  South,  and 

what  did  they  discover? 

5.  Name  three  Spanish  discoverers  in  the  United 

States,  and  what  did  they  discover  ? 

6.  What  discoveries  and  settlements  were  made  by 

the  French  ? 

7.  What  is  said  of  the  Cabots? 

8.  Name  five  other  English  discoverers,  and  tell 

what  they  discovered. 

9.  What  did  the  Dutch  discover  and  settle? 

10.  What  unsuccessful  settlements  were  made  prior 

to  1607,  “and  when,  where,  and  by  whom? 

11.  What  nationalities  were  connected  with  the  dis¬ 

covery,  exploring  and  settlement  of  North 
America  ? 

12.  Discuss  the  settlement  of  Virginia. 

13.  Discuss  the  settlement  of  Massachusetts. 

14.  What  is  said  of  the  Puritans? 

15.  What  of  the  religious  troubles  of  Massachusetts? 

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40 


QUESTIONS. 


1 6.  Discuss  King  Phillip’s  War. 

17.  When  and  for  what  purpose  were  the  New  Eng¬ 

land  colonies  united  ? 

18.  When,  where,  and  by  whom  was  Connecticut 

settled  ? 

19.  Discuss  the  settlement  of  New  York. 

20.  Speak  of  the  settlement  of  Rhode  Island. 

21.  Discuss  the  Pequod  War. 

22.  What  is  said  of  Andross  ? 

23.  What  is  said  of  the  settlement  of  New  Hamp¬ 

shire  ? 

24.  Of  New  Jersey  ? 

25.  When,  where,  and  by  whom  was  Pennsylvania 

settled  ? 

26.  What  is  said  of  William  Penn  ? 

27.  Speak  of  the  settlement  of  Maryland. 

28.  Discuss  James  Oglethorpe. 

29.  When,  where,  and  by  whom  was  each  of  the 

thirteen  original  colonies  settled  ? 

30.  When,  and  what  was  the  cause  of  each  of  the 

following  wars :  King  William’s ;  Queen 
Anne’s  ;  King  George’s  ? 

31.  Discuss  the  causes  of  the  French  and  Indian 

War. 

32.  Speak  of  Braddock’s  defeat. 

33.  Describe  four  battles  of  the  French  and  Indian 

War. 

34.  What  was  gained  or  lost  by  this  war  ? 

35.  By  the  other  colonial  wars  ? 

36.  Under  what  kinds  of  government  was  each  of 

the  different  colonies  ? 


QUESTIONS. 


41 


37.  How  came  the  different  governments  of  the 

colonies  to  exist,  and  did  any  change  from 
one  form  to  the  other  ? 

38.  What  may  be  said  of  the  Pontiac  War  ? 

39.  What  is  meant  by  “  The  Five  Nations?  99 

40.  Discuss  the  causes  of  the  Revolutionary  War. 

41.  Speak  of  the  Stamp  Act. 

42.  Boston  Tea  Party. 

43.  Boston  Massacre. 

44.  Boston  Port  Bill. 

45.  First  Continental  Congress. 

46.  Name  five  events  of  1775. 

47.  Describe  five  battles  of  the  Revolutionary  War. 

48.  Name  the  chief  commanders  of  the  British 

Army,  in  their  order  of  appointment. 

49.  Name  five  American  generals,  and  what  may  be 

said  of  each  ? 

50.  What  is  said  of  Major  Andre? 

51.  Discuss  the  surrender  at  Yorktown. 

52.  Give  a  brief  general  discussion  of  the  Revolu¬ 

tionary  War. 

53.  Name  seven  events  of  Washington’s  administra¬ 

tion,  and  discuss  them. 

54.  What  were  the  difficulties  with  France  in 

Adams’s  administration  ? 

55.  What  were  the  Alien  and  Sedition  Laws? 

56.  What  is  said  of  the  Louisiana  purchase  ? 

57.  Speak  of  Aaron  Burr. 

58.  What  is  said  of  the  wars  with  the  Barbary 

States  ? 

59.  What  were  the  Berlin  and  Milan  decrees  ? 


42 


QUESTIONS. 


60.  What  was  the  Embargo  Act  ? 

61.  What  were  the  causes  of  the  war  of  1812  ? 

62.  Give  a  general  discussion  of  the  war. 

63.  What  was  John  Henry’s  conspiracy? 

64.  What  was  accomplished  by  the  war  of  1812  ? 

65.  What  was  the  Missouri  Compromise? 

66.  The  Monroe  Doctrine? 

67.  The  American  System? 

68.  Discuss  the  United  States  Bank  in  full. 

69.  The  Nullification  Act  of  South  Carolina. 

70.  What  was  the  Mason  and  Dixon  line  ? 

71.  What  treaties  settled  the  northern  boundary  of 

the  United  States  ? 

72.  What  were  the  Anti-Rent  difficulties? 

73.  What  were  the  causes  of  the  Mexican  War,  and 

explain  them? 

74.  Give  a  general  discussion  of  the  Mexican  War. 

75.  What  was  the  Omnibus  Bill  ? 

76.  The  Kansas-Nebraska  Bill  ? 

77.  The  Gadsden  Purchase  ? 

78.  The  Wilmot  Proviso  ? 

79.  The  Dred  Scott  Decision  ? 

80.  What  is  said  of  John  Brown  ? 

81.  The  Mormon  Rebellion? 

82.  Speak  of  Secession. 

83.  Discuss  the  cause  of  the  Civil  War. 

84.  What  is  said  of  the  Rebel  government  ? 

85.  Describe  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run. 

86.  What  was  the  Mason  and  Slidell  case  ? 

87.  Speak  of  the  capture  of  New  Orleans. 

88.  Discuss  McClellan’s  peninsula  campaign. 


QUESTIONS. 


43 


89.  What  is  said  of  the  Monitor  ? 

90.  Describe  three  naval  battles  of  the  war. 

91.  Name  the  commanders-in-chief  of  the  Union 

and  the  Rebel  armies  in  their  order  of  ap¬ 
pointment. 

92.  Trace  General  Grant  through  the  war.  General 

Lee,  General  Sherman,  General  Hood,  Gen¬ 
eral  McClellan,  General  Meade,  General 
Reynolds,  General  Hancock,  General  Mc¬ 
Call,  General  Hartranft,  General  Geary. 

93.  What  is  said  of  the  Atlantic  Cable? 

94.  Write  a  short  biography  of  Washington  ;  Jeffer¬ 

son  ;  Jackson  ;  Lincoln  ;  Garfield. 

95.  What  were  each  of  the  following  : 

7.  Amnesty  Proclamation 

2.  Civil  Rights  Bill. 

3.  Alabama  Claims. 

4.  Credit  Mobilier. 

5.  Civil  Service  Bill. 

96.  Name  the  Presidents  in  their  order,  with  time 

and  length  of  administration. 

97.  Name  four  events  in  each  administration. 

98.  What  political  parties  were  in  existence  and 

rule  in  the  United  States  at  different  times? 

99.  Show  how  each  great  event  in  the  history  of  the 

United  States  from  the  discovery  of  America 
to  the  present  time  naturally  grew  out  of 
that  which  preceded  it. 

100.  Outline  the  history  of  the  United  States. 


CONSTITUTION 

OF  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 


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CIVIL  GOVERNMENT. 


government  defined. 


I.  FORMS  OF  GOVERNMENT. 

1.  Parental. 

2.  Theocratic. 

3.  Monarchical. 

z.  Absolute — Russia,  China,  Denmark. 

2.  Limited— England,  Germany,  Spain. 

a.  Hereditary. 

b.  Elective. 

4.  Aristocratic. 

5.  Democratic. 

6.  Republican- — United  States,  France. 

7.  Federal  government. 

8.  State  government. 

II.  ORIGIN  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES. 

1.  Articles  of  Confederation. 

2.  Revised,  and  the  present  Constitution  formed. 


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CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  UNITED 
STATES. 


I.  PREAMBLE. 

II.  ITS  OBJECTS: 

1.  To  form  a  more  perfect  union  ; 

2.  Establish  justice ; 

3.  Insure  domestic  tranquillity  ; 

4.  Provide  for  the  common  defense  ; 

5.  Promote  the  general  welfare  ;  and 

6.  Secure  the  blessings  of  liberty. 


ARTICLE  I. — LEGISLATIVE. 

I.  CONGRESS. 

1.  House  of  Representatives. 

1 .  Of  whom  composed. 

2 .  Electors, 
j.  Eligibility. 

4.  Number  of  members. 

5.  Vacancies. 

6.  Powers. 

7.  Appointment  (Art.  XIV). 

2.  Senate. 

1.  Of  whom  composed. 

2.  How  chosen, 
j.  Vacancies. 

4.  Eligibility. 

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CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES. 


49 


5.  Presiding  officer. 

6.  Powers. 

3.  Provisions  in  Common. 

1.  Election  of  Senators  and  Representatives. 

2.  Meeting  of  Congress. 

3.  Judge  of  elections. 

4.  Quorum. 

3.  Rules  and  penalties. 

6.  Journal  of  its  proceedings. 

7.  Prohibitions  : 

a .  Adjournment. 

b.  Appointed  to  civil  office  (sec.  6 :  2). 

8 .  Compensation, 
p.  Privileges. 

4.  Passage  of  Bills. 

/.  Bills  of  Revenue. 

2 .  First  process. 

a .  Shall  pass  both  houses. 

b.  Be  presented  to  the  President. 

c.  He  shall  sign  it. 

3.  Second  process. 

a.  Shall  pass  both  houses. 

.  b.  Be  presented  to  the  President. 

c.  If  he  disapproves,  he  shall  return  it  with 

his  objections  to  the  house  in  which 
it  originated. 

d.  That  house  shall  enter  objections. 

<?.  May  pass  it  by  a  two-thirds  vote. 

f.  Other  house  must  pass  it  by  a  two-thirds 
vote,  in  which  case  the  bill  becomes  a 
law. 


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CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES. 


5° 

4.  Third  process. 

a.  Shall  pass  both  houses. 

b .  Be  presented  to  the  President. 

c.  A  law  if  not  returned  in  ten  days  (Sun¬ 

days  excepted),  unless  prevented  by  the 
adjournment  of  Congress, 
jf.  Orders,  resolutions,  votes. 

5.  Powers  of  Congress. 

1 .  To  lay  and  collect  taxes ;  etc. 

2.  Borrow  money. 

3.  Regulate  commerce. 

4.  Establish  rules  of  naturalization. 

5.  Coin  money. 

6.  Punish  counterfeiting. 

7.  Establish  post-offices. 

8.  Secure  copy  and  patent  rights, 
p.  Establish  inferior  courts. 

jo.  Define  and  punish  piracies. 

11.  Declare  war. 

12.  Raise  and  support  armies. 

13.  Provide  and  maintain  a  navy. 

14.  Make  rules  for  land  and  naval  forces. 

13.  Call  forth  the  militia. 

16.  Organize,  arm,  and  discipline  a  militia. 
iy.  Exercise  exclusive  legislation  over  govern¬ 
ment  property,  and 
18.  Make  laws  to  carry  out  its  powers. 

6.  Prohibitions  to  Congress. 

1.  Importation  of  slaves. 

2.  Writ  of  habeas  corpus . 

3.  Bill  of  attainder,  or  ex-post-facto  law. 


CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES.  5 1 

4.  Capitation  or  other  direct  tax. 

5.  No  tax  on  exported  articles. 

6.  No  preference  to  ports. 

7.  Drawing  of  public  money. 

8.  No  titles  or  presents. 

7.  Prohibitions  to  States. 

1.  Shall  not  make  treaties,  coin  money. 

2.  Shall  not  lay  imposts  or  duties, 
j.  Shall  not  keep  troops,  etc. 

ARTICLE  II.— EXECUTIVE. 

I.  THE  PRESIDENT. 

1.  His  term.  Qualifications. 

2.  How  elected. 

1.  By  electors. 

a.  Appointment  and  number. 

b.  Manner  of  electing  (Art.  XII.  Amen.) 

.c.  Choosing  the  electors. 

2.  By  House  of  Representatives. 

3.  Duties  devolve  upon  the  Vice-President. 

4.  Salary. 

5.  Oath  of  office. 

6.  Duties  and  powers. 

1 .  Military. 

2.  Civil. 

a.  Appoints  a  cabinet. 

b .  Makes  treaties  and  other  appointments. 

c.  Message  to  Congress,  etc. 

d.  Sign  bills,  and,  in  general,  execute  the 
laws  of  the  United  States. 

7.  Removal  from  office. 


52  CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES. 

II.  THE  VICE-PRESIDENT. 

1.  Eligibility. 

2.  Election. 

3.  Duties  and  powers. 

4.  Removal  from  office. 


ARTICLE  III.— JUDICIAL. 

I.  JUDICIAL  POWER  VESTED  IN  A  SUPREME 

COURT,  AND  INFERIOR  COURTS* 

1.  Judges  (9). 

1.  Term  of  office.  Compensation. 

2.  Jurisdiction. 

1 .  Original. 

2 .  Appellate. 

3.  Trial  by  jury. 

II.  TREASON. 

1.  Defined. 

2.  Conviction. 

3.  Punishment. 


*The  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  is  established  by 
the  Constitution,  but  organized  by  Congress. 

The  Circuit  (9)  and  the  District  (58)  Courts  of  the  United 
States  are  both  organized  and  established  by  Congress. 

The  Courts  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 


CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES. 


53 


MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

I.  FAITH  IN  EACH  STATE. 

Manner  of  proving. 

II.  STATE  RIGHTS. 

1.  Privileges  of  citizenship. 

2.  Fugitives  from  justice. 

3.  Fugitives  from  service. 

III.  NEW  STATES. 

1.  Forming  and  admitting. 

2.  Power  to  dispose  of  territory. 

IV.  GUARANTEE  TO,  AND  PROTECT  EACH 

STATE. 


ARTICLE  V. 

AMENDING  THE  CONSTITUTION. 

1.  Two-thirds  of  both  houses  may  propose  amend¬ 

ments. 

2.  The  Legislatures  of  two-thirds  of  the  States 

may  apply  for,  when  Congress  shall  call  a  con¬ 
vention  to  propose  amendments. 

3.  Such  amendments  must  be  ratified  by  the  Legis¬ 

latures  or  conventions  of  three-fourths  of  the 
States. 

4.  Restrictions  to  amending. 


54  CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

I.  DEBTS  VALID  AGAINST  THE  UNITED 
STATES. 

II.  SUPREME  LAW  OF  THE  LAND. 

III.  OATHS  OF  EXECUTIVE  AND  JUDICIAL 
OFFICERS.  RELIGIOUS  TEST. 


ARTICLE  VII. 

ADOPTION  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES. 


AMENDMENTS. 

I.  FREEDOM  OF  RELIGION,  SPEECH,  etc.  (1791). 

II.  RIGHTS  OF  KEEPING  AND  BEARING 

ARMS  (1791). 

III.  SOLDIERS,  QUARTERS  RESTRICTED  (1791)- 

IV.  RIGHT  OF  SEARCH  (1791). 

V.  MANNER  OF  TRIAL  (1791). 

1.  Indictment. 

2.  Second  trial. 

3.  Loss  of  life,  etc. 

4.  Private  property. 

VI.  TRIAL  BY  JURY.  WITNESSES.  COUN¬ 

SEL  (1791). 

VII.  RIGHT  OF  CIVIL  SUITS  DEFINED  (1791)- 

VIII.  EXCESSIVE  BAIL,  etc.  (1791). 

IX.  RIGHTS  RETAINED  (1791). 


CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES.  55 

X.  POWERS  RESERVED  TO  THE  STATES  OR 

PEOPLE  (1791). 

XI.  JUDICIAL  POWER  OF  THE  UNITED 

STATES  RESTRICTED  (1798). 

XII.  MANNER  OF  ELECTING  THE  PRES¬ 

IDENT  (1804). 

XIII.  SLAVERY  PROHIBITED  (1865). 

XIV.  CITIZENSHIP  (1868). 

1.  Rights  of  citizens. 

2.  Representatives  apportioned  (325). 

3.  Inability  to  hold  office. 

4.  Validity  of  public  debt. 

Claims  illegal  and  void. 

5.  Enforce  these  provisions. 

XV.  THE  RIGHT  TO  VOTE  NOT  DENIED  (1870). 

Law  to  enforce. 


QUESTIONS  ON  THE  CONSTITUTION 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


1.  Define  government. 

2.  Name  the  different  kinds  of  government. 

3.  What  is  the  difference  between  an  absolute  and 

a  limited  Monarchy  ? 

4.  A  Democratic  and  a  Republican  form  of 

government  ? 

5.  Federal  and  State? 

6.  What  were  the  Articles  of  Confederation  ? 

7.  Who  wrote  them  ? 

8.  What  led  to  the  formation  of  the  present  Con¬ 

stitution  ? 

9.  Who  wrote  the  Constitution  ? 

10.  When  was  it  adopted? 

11.  Recite  the  preamble. 

12.  What  are  its  objects  ? 

13.  What  is  a  preamble? 

1 4.  Into  what  branches  is  our  government  divided  ? 

15.  Define  each. 

16.  Of  what  does  Congress  consist? 

17.  Why  are  there  two  divisions  of  Congress? 

18.  What  are  the  qualifications  of  a  Representa¬ 

tive?  Senator? 

(56) 


CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES.  57 

19.  How  is  the  number  of  Representatives  deter¬ 

mined  ?  Senators? 

20.  What  is  meant  by  a  Congressman-at-large  ? 

21.  In  how  many  ways  may  a  bill  become  a  law? 

Describe  each. 

22.  Where  do  bills  of  revenue  originate?  Why? 

Other  bills? 

23.  Describe  the  manner  of  getting  a  bill  before 

Congress.  The  State  Legislature. 

24.  Name  the  powers  of  Congress. 

25.  How  is  the  District  of  Columbia  governed? 

26.  Name  five  prohibitions  of  Congress. 

27.  What  is  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  ?  Bill  of  attain¬ 

der  ?  ex-post-facto  law  ? 

28.  What  is  meant  by  free  trade  ?  Protective  tariff? 

29.  What  is  the  difference  between  a  State  and  a 

Territory,  and  how  is  the  latter  governed  ? 

30.  How  may  a  Territory  be  admitted  as  a  State  ? 

31.  What  are  the  qualifications  of  President?  His 

duties  ? 

32.  Of  Vice-President  ? 

33.  Describe  the  manner  of  electing  the  President. 

34.  May  the  salary  of  the  President  be  changed 

during  his  term  of  office?  Why? 

35.  For  what  and  how  may  a  President  be  removed 

from  office? 

36.  Have  any  been  removed  ?  Impeached  ? 

37.  Discuss  the  Supreme  Court. 

38.  What  are  the  qualifications,  salary,  term  of 

office  of  Judges  in  the  Circuit  or  District 
Courts  ? 


8  CONSTITUTION  OF  UNITED  STATES. 

39.  In  what  cases  have  Circuit  and  District  Courts, 

respectively,  original  or  appellate  jurisdic¬ 
tion  ? 

40.  How  many  and  where  are  the  Circuit  and 

District  Courts? 

41.  What  is  the  difference  between  the  Supreme 

Court  of  United  States  and  that  of  the  State? 

42.  Have  States  a  right  to  withdraw  from  the 

Union?  Explain  your  answer. 

43.  Explain  how  the  Constitution  may  be  amended. 

44.  When  have  the  different  amendments  been 

adopted  ? 

45.  What  is  the  duty  of  a  foreign  minister,  and 

how  is  he  appointed  ? 

46.  What  are  the  duties  of  the  Cabinet  officers,  how 

appointed,  and  who  are  the  present  incum¬ 
bents? 

47.  Discuss  Postmasters. 

48.  Who  are  the  present  Senators  from  your  State, 

and  the  Representative  from  your  district  ? 

49.  Discuss  trials  by  jury. 

50.  How  may  persons  be  naturalized  ? 


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